College football results, Sept. 13

Associated Press

Updated 11:37 pm, Saturday, September 13, 2014

Boston College quarterback Tyler Murphy rushed for 191 yards, breaking free for a 66-yard touchdown with 3:30 to play Saturday night as Boston College stunned No. 9 USC 37-31 — the host Eagles’ first victory over a top-10 team in a decade.

The Trojans (2-1) were coming off an emotional victory at Stanford that moved them up five spots in the Associated Press Top 25. Cody Kessler completed 31 of 41 passes for 317 yards and four touchdowns, but he also was sacked five times.

“The goal, obviously, of being Pac-12 champs is very alive for us,” USC head coach Steve Sarkisian said. “I thought we came out playing well, and for whatever reason, I thought we lost it. I’ve got to figure that out.”

The Eagles (2-1) had not beaten a top-10 team since a victory over 10th-ranked West Virginia in 2004. The last time an unranked BC team beat a top-10 team was a 2002 victory over No. 4 Notre Dame in South Bend that cost the Irish a chance at the national championship.

Wearing uniforms decorated with red bandannas to honor Welles Crowther, a BC graduate who died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 after helping usher others to safety, the Eagles delivered an emotional follow-up to a lackluster loss to Pittsburgh. Fans wearing red bandannas in tribute stormed the field after Murphy’s final kneel-down, celebrating the biggest win in head coach Steve Addazio’s tenure and BC’s first-ever over USC.

“The red-bandanna game meant a lot. We talked a lot about Welles Crowther; we talked a lot about who he was and what it takes to be a BC man,” said Addazio, who had one of the colorful handkerchiefs hanging out of each front pocket. “Our guys dug deep on this. This was a great win.”

The Eagles trailed 17-6 in the second quarter before scoring 24 straight points. Jon Hilliman ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns, and Myles Willis and receiver Sherman Alston each broke off runs of 50-plus yards to help BC amass 464 rushing yards.

#12 UCLA 20, Texas 17: Backup quarterback Jerry Neuheisel threw two touchdown passes, including a 33-yarder to Jordan Payton with three minutes left, and the Bruins (3-0) avoided an upset in Arlington, Texas. ... Neuheisel completed 23 of 30 passes for 178 yards after Brett Hundley injured his left elbow in the first quarter. ... The go-ahead score for the Bruins came on the first play after Ishmael Adams’ 58-yard punt return when he was helped by a crushing open-field block by Cameron Judge. ... Texas (1-2), which started the game with a big blunder, had gone ahead when Tyrone Swoopes hit John Harris for an 8-yard TD with 5:13 left. The Longhorns then forced a fumble, but went three-and-out before punting the ball to Adams.

#2 Oregon 48, Wyoming 14: Quarterback Marcus Mariota passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores as the host Ducks (3-0) survived a slow start. ... Wyoming stopped Oregon on a 4th-and-goal, then drove down the field to take a 7-0 lead, but the Ducks scored four second-quarter touchdowns to take command. ... Mariota became the fourth Oregon quarterback to pass for more than 7,000 yards. The Ducks’ junior completed 19 of 23 passes, two for touchdowns. Mariota also rushed five times for 71 yards, including touchdowns of 15 and 19 yards. ... Mariota has thrown a school-record 71 touchdowns, with at least one TD thrown in all 29 games in which he has played.

Washington 44, Illinois 19: Linebacker Shaq Thompson returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown, picked up a fumble and rumbled 52 yards for another score, and the Huskies improved to 3-0 under Chris Petersen. ... Thompson became the first Washington player to score via fumble and interception in the same game since at least 1978. ... Wes Lunt threw for 230 yards for the Fighting Illini (2-1), but was unable to take advantage of Washington’s depleted secondary.

WSU 59, Portland State 21: Connor Halliday, the nation’s leading passer, threw for 544 yards and six touchdowns for the host Cougars (1-2). ... Isiah Myers caught 11 passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns for Washington State (1-2), which had opened the season with losses to Rutgers and Nevada but proved too much for FCS Portland State.

OTHER TOP 25

#3 Alabama 52, Southern Miss 12: Blake Sims passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third in three quarters and might have staked his claim as the host Crimson Tide’s undisputed starting quarterback. ... Sims was 12-for-17 passing for 168 yards for Alabama (3-0) ahead of the team’s SEC opener against Florida. Jake Coker didn’t come into the game until late in the third quarter against the Golden Eagles (1-2), who have lost 25 of their past 27 games. ... Most of Sims’ completions went to the nation’s leading receiver, Amari Cooper, who had eight catches for 135 yards and a touchdown.

#4 Oklahoma 34, Tennessee10: Trevor Knight passed for 308 yards, threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score for the host Sooners (3-0), who won their seventh straight game. ... Sterling Shepard caught five passes for 109 yards and Keith Ford caught a touchdown pass and ran for a score for Oklahoma. ... Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops got the best of the SEC again; the Sooners beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. ... Jalen Hurd ran for 97 yards on 14 carries and Josh Smith caught five passes for 58 yards and a touchdown for the Volunteers (2-1).

#24 S. Carolina 38, #6 Georgia: Dylan Thompson threw for three touchdowns and the Gamecocks (2-1, 1-1 SEC) stood strong on a fourth-quarter goal line stand to topple the visiting Bulldogs. Georgia (1-1, 0-1) had a 1st-and-goal on the Gamecocks’ 4 down three points with 5:24 remaining. Hutson Mason then was called for intentional grounding to set back Georgia and the usually reliable Marshall Morgan missed a 28-yard field-goal try. ... The victory was South Carolina headcoach Steve Spurrier’s 201st as a SEC coach, tying him for second all-time with Georgia’s Vince Dooley.

#7 Texas A&M 38, Rice 10: Kenny Hill threw for 300 yards and four touchdowns and the host Aggies are 3-0 record for the first time since 2010. ... Texas A&M led by 14 points at halftime, but struggled to sustain drives and committed several costly penalties, including one that resulted in a touchdown being called back, in the first half. ... Hill also had TD passes of 20, 14, 13 and 48 yards and has 1,094 yards passing this season to become the first player in school history to throw for 1,000 yards in the first three games of a season.

#11 Notre Dame 30, Purdue14: Everett Golson threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as the Fighting Irish (3-0) scored the final 20 points in Indianapolis. ... The Boilermakers (1-2) have lost seven straight in this series, which has been played every year since 1946. The two teams will not meet again until 2020. ... Golson’s 15-yard TD run with 13 seconds left in the first half erased Notre Dame’s only deficit of the season. ... Golson closed it by throwing a 15-yard TD pass to Corey Robinson late in the third and leading the Irish to two fourth-quarter field goals. ... Golson was 25-for-40 for 259 yards, and rushed 18 times for a season-best 56 yards.

#14 Mississippi 56, La.-Lafayette 15: Bo Wallace threw for 316 yards and four touchdowns, two to Vince Sanders, to lead the host Bulldogs (3-0). ... I’Tavius Mathers rushed for a 56-yard touchdown on the first drive and the Rebels rolled to a 28-0 lead by midway through the second quarter. ... Wallace completed 23 of 28 passes for an offense that gained 554 total yards. ... Sanders finished with a career-high eight receptions for 125 yards. ... Senquez Golson intercepted two passes, including one that was returned 59 yards for a touchdown.

E. Carolina 28, #17 Virginia Tech 21: East Carolina quarterback Shane Carden threw three touchdown passes and scored a rushing touchdown with 16 seconds left to lead the visiting Pirates (2-1). ... Carden completed 23 of 47 passes for 427 yards in carrying the Pirates to their first victory over a ranked team since 2009 when they beat then-No. 18 Houston 38-32. ... The Hokies (2-1), coming off a road win over then-No. 8 Ohio State, tied the game on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Michael Brewer to Cam Phillips with 1:20 left. ... The Pirates then needed just three plays to go 65 yards and scored the winner on a 1-yard run by Carden.

#20 Missouri 38, C. Florida10: Maty Mauk threw four touchdown passes, two each to Jimmie Hunt and Bud Sasser, and passed for 144 yards to lead the host Tigers (3-0). ... Mauk entered the day tied for first nationally with eight passing touchdowns.

Virginia 23, #21 Louisville 21: Greyson Lambert threw for one touchdown and ran for another, and Ian Frye kicked a 42-yard field goal with 3:41 remaining for the host Cavaliers. ... The winning points came after Louisville’s James Quick fumbled a punt and Kelvin Rainey recovered for Virginia (2-1, 1-0 ACC) at the Cardinals’ 25. Four plays later, Frye’s third field goal of the game allowed the Cavaliers to end an 11-game slide against FBS-level competition. ... Louisville (2-1, 1-1) had tied the game midway through the quarter, but the Cardinals’ fourth turnover was too much for them to overcome. On the fumbled punt, Quick was bumped into by a teammate.

#22 Ohio State 66, Kent State 0: J.T. Barrett matched a school record with six touchdown passes — five in the first half — to lead the host Buckeyes ... Nick Holley had six receptions for Kent State (0-3), which got $850,000 to get pounded before a crowd of 104,404 at Ohio Stadium. ... Curtis Samuel ran for two touchdowns and Rod Smith ran for one and also caught a TD pass for the Buckeyes.